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Jim Mora lives in 'haunted house' with 'good ghosts'
UConn Huskies head coach Jim Mora. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

UConn HC Jim Mora lives in 'haunted house' with 'good ghosts' above campus

When Jim Mora was officially hired as the new football head coach of the UConn Huskies program last November, he mostly knew what he was getting himself into. 

After all, UConn is hardly considered a college football powerhouse. Per Sports-Reference, the Huskies haven't appeared in a bowl game since the 2015 season and finished the 2021 campaign with a dismal 1-11 record. 

It appears Mora has met a unique challenge associated with the job as he prepares for Saturday's season opener at the defending Mountain West champion Utah State Aggies. 

For a piece published Friday, ESPN's Pete Thamel noted that Mora moved into "a stately old building set upon three acres on a hill above campus" at UConn. Readers who think the home sounds like something out of a Halloween movie are on the right track, or so Mora would have them believe. 

"I'm convinced it's haunted," Mora recently explained while offering a chuckle over the situation. "I just warn everyone who stays that it's haunted, but they're good ghosts." 

Mora delivered no specifics on any encounters he's had with spirits allegedly hanging out around and/or inside his home ahead of the football season, nor did he say how he knows they're on the "good" side. He's merely heard doors opening at night and noticed "ominous shadows and unexplained noises." 

If nothing else, perhaps he can speak with members of the Tampa Bay Rays about how to properly deal with paranormal beings without showing fear. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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